diff --git a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockAcceleratorProfile.ts b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockAcceleratorProfile.ts
index b57e3b7202..0155a2c429 100644
--- a/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockAcceleratorProfile.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/__mocks__/mockAcceleratorProfile.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { genUID } from './mockUtils';
 type MockResourceConfigType = {
   name?: string;
   namespace?: string;
+  uid?: string;
   displayName?: string;
   identifier?: string;
   description?: string;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ type MockResourceConfigType = {
 export const mockAcceleratorProfile = ({
   name = 'migrated-gpu',
   namespace = 'test-project',
+  uid = genUID('service'),
   displayName = 'Nvidia GPU',
   identifier = 'nvidia.com/gpu',
   description = '',
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ export const mockAcceleratorProfile = ({
     name,
     namespace,
     resourceVersion: '1309350',
-    uid: genUID('service'),
+    uid,
   },
   spec: {
     identifier,
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/notebookController/screens/server/__tests__/useAcceleratorProfiles.spec.ts b/frontend/src/pages/notebookController/screens/server/__tests__/useAcceleratorProfiles.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..504587c8c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/notebookController/screens/server/__tests__/useAcceleratorProfiles.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+import { act } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { k8sListResource } from '@openshift/dynamic-plugin-sdk-utils';
+import { standardUseFetchState, testHook } from '~/__tests__/unit/testUtils/hooks';
+import { mockK8sResourceList } from '~/__mocks__/mockK8sResourceList';
+import { mockAcceleratorProfile } from '~/__mocks__/mockAcceleratorProfile';
+import useAcceleratorProfiles from '~/pages/notebookController/screens/server/useAcceleratorProfiles';
+
+jest.mock('@openshift/dynamic-plugin-sdk-utils', () => ({
+  k8sListResource: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+const k8sListResourceMock = k8sListResource as jest.Mock;
+
+describe('useGroups', () => {
+  it('should return successful list of accelerators profiles', async () => {
+    k8sListResourceMock.mockReturnValue(
+      Promise.resolve(mockK8sResourceList([mockAcceleratorProfile({ uid: 'test-project-12m' })])),
+    );
+
+    const renderResult = testHook(useAcceleratorProfiles)('test-project');
+    expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(standardUseFetchState([]));
+    expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(1);
+
+    // wait for update
+    await renderResult.waitForNextUpdate();
+    expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(
+      standardUseFetchState([mockAcceleratorProfile({ uid: 'test-project-12m' })], true),
+    );
+    expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(2);
+    expect(renderResult).hookToBeStable([false, false, true, true]);
+
+    // refresh
+    k8sListResourceMock.mockReturnValue(
+      Promise.resolve(mockK8sResourceList([mockAcceleratorProfile({})])),
+    );
+    await act(() => renderResult.result.current[3]());
+    expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+    expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(3);
+    expect(renderResult).hookToBeStable([false, true, true, true]);
+  });
+});
+
+it('should handle when accelerator profiles are not found', async () => {
+  const error = {
+    statusObject: {
+      code: 404,
+    },
+  };
+  k8sListResourceMock.mockReturnValue(Promise.reject(error));
+
+  const renderResult = testHook(useAcceleratorProfiles)('test-project');
+  expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(standardUseFetchState([]));
+  expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(1);
+
+  await renderResult.waitForNextUpdate();
+  expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(
+    standardUseFetchState([], false, new Error('No accelerators profiles found.')),
+  );
+  expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(2);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToBeStable([true, true, false, true]);
+
+  //refresh
+  await act(() => renderResult.result.current[3]());
+  // error 404 should cache error and prevent subsequent attempts to fetch
+  expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(
+    standardUseFetchState([], false, new Error('No accelerators profiles found.')),
+  );
+  expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(3);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToBeStable([true, true, false, true]);
+});
+
+it('should handle other errors and rethrow', async () => {
+  k8sListResourceMock.mockReturnValue(Promise.reject(new Error('error1')));
+
+  const renderResult = testHook(useAcceleratorProfiles)('test-project');
+  expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(standardUseFetchState([]));
+  expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(1);
+
+  // wait for update
+  await renderResult.waitForNextUpdate();
+  expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(standardUseFetchState([], false, new Error('error1')));
+  expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(2);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToBeStable([true, true, false, true]);
+
+  // refresh
+  k8sListResourceMock.mockReturnValue(Promise.reject(new Error('error2')));
+  await act(() => renderResult.result.current[3]());
+  expect(k8sListResourceMock).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToStrictEqual(standardUseFetchState([], false, new Error('error2')));
+  expect(renderResult).hookToHaveUpdateCount(3);
+  expect(renderResult).hookToBeStable([true, true, false, true]);
+});
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/notebookController/screens/server/useAcceleratorProfiles.ts b/frontend/src/pages/notebookController/screens/server/useAcceleratorProfiles.ts
index 975b979b60..232956ab7c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/notebookController/screens/server/useAcceleratorProfiles.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/notebookController/screens/server/useAcceleratorProfiles.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,13 @@ import { listAcceleratorProfiles } from '~/api';
 
 const useAcceleratorProfiles = (namespace: string): FetchState<AcceleratorProfileKind[]> => {
   const getAcceleratorProfiles = React.useCallback(
-    () => listAcceleratorProfiles(namespace),
+    () =>
+      listAcceleratorProfiles(namespace).catch((e) => {
+        if (e.statusObject?.code === 404) {
+          throw new Error('No accelerators profiles found.');
+        }
+        throw e;
+      }),
     [namespace],
   );
   return useFetchState<AcceleratorProfileKind[]>(getAcceleratorProfiles, []);